These Grapes Taste Like Cotton Candy, Seriously

Have you ever stretched the truth a little when trying to get your little ones to eat fruit? "These grapes are as sweet as candy," you might say. Well we're here to tell you that there are actual grapes out there that will make every parent's dreams come true because — wait for it — they taste and smell just like cotton candy.

Aptly named Cotton Candy Grapes, this new variety is a hybrid fruit that took eight years to develop. According to NPR's food blog The Salt, the grapes are produced by a company called Grapery in conjunction with International Fruit Genetics. These grapes are not genetically modified. Instead, they were created by combining many different strains of grapes and doing a lot of experimenting — 100,000 test tubes full of plant testing, to be exact. One of those grew grapes that closely mimicked the popular carnival sweet. Cotton Candy Grapes do contain 12% more natural sugar than their normal counterparts, but that's still a whole lot better than real cotton candy.

The Delish team had a chance to taste the Cotton Candy Grapes (our senior editor brought them into the office after being intrigued by their description on Fresh Direct) and we can testify to the fact that they truly taste like their namesake. We all agreed that if we had smelled them with our eyes closed we would have been convinced they were cotton candy. The only thing that's different about this fruit when compared to the spun sugar is the texture.

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